Wrapping and pasting machine.



G. OWENS.

WBAPPING AND PASTING MAGHINL.

APPLICATION IILBD 00T.26, 1906.

91 1,542. Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

UNITED sTAgEsPATENT OFFICE.

IHABLES OWENS, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDASSIGNMENT?, 'lO MONTAGUE MAILING lllfiACHINERY CO.

WBAPPING AND PASTING MACIIINE.

No, einem the general character of the machines disclosed by me inLetters Patent of the United States #722,879, March .17, 1.903; 772,474Qtobr 29951.

The 1101i 1s o ,apply the paste w `11e the article' 1s undergoing thewrapping process. I have provil ed means-whereb the application of thepaste may be electedywhile the wrapping is being done. The output of themachine 1s thus increased as the operation n be cartried out in this waymore' rapidly.

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o. I 'hafve shown my invention as embodied in the en eral type ofmachine disclosed in' Patent 72474 amove noted, and also the typedisclosed Patent 772628' abovementioned. ,The invention consists 1n thefeatures, comcomplished. Fig. 2 is a view o bv ation` and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.i l

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my invention as embodied ina' machine in which folding `-and wratppng is ac-v rolls of Fig. 1,

It will be seen from the following description that no separate actionisi necessary 1n order to secure the past-ing effect. The ma azine orits wrapper is not manipulated 1n any special way to receive the paste,nor is it carried to any'special location for this pur pose but on thecontrary the pasting a pliance is located directly in ythe ath of) themagazine as it is'being moved an controlled by the wrap ing mechanism.This facili- .taies the war.; and 4increase@ the Output 0f themac ine- VReferring to the form of apparatus dis- `closed in Fig. 1, this is to beused in folding and pasting the magazine or other articles,

t said articles being folded while being Specification ot LetteraPatent. Application led October 26, 1906. Borla! No. 840,75i.

18,. 1904 und; 772,628 October 18,. primary abject" ofV .mly .Presentinven? part of the Patented Feb. 2, 190e.

wrapped once or more than once. The mag azine and its wrapper are firstfed to the folding rolls at 4 7. After passing through these rolls thema azine enters a yielding guideiay 10 whic performs the function of anabutment and guideway combined and thence the magazine and wrap nino'ape!" asses between the rolls 7 and 5?; being oldcd in this action, andinto a second yieldl ing guideway 11. As the magazine and its wrappingpaper passes into the second ielding gluideway llfthe pastin isaccompished by t e pasting roll 15 to w iich asteis apr plied in anv suitablemanner. l`he action of this vielcling guideway or abutment is to directe magazine' to the bite of rolls 7" t3 which effects' the4 secondfolding action. V

The folding of the lap of the wrap-per on to the paste portion isaccomplished at 19. .l will' be noticed that the paste roll l5 is in thepathwa of themar'azine as it passe: down into tiie second yi lnent, themagasine with its Wrapper being folded and the paste be' g applied afterthe first` folding action tak place.v The yielding guideway or abutmentregulates the amount of rollerspace exposed at the time the fold is tobe effected, or in other Words, it acts to shield the ma'azine wrapperfrom Contact with the roll wA ich would act to strip it from themagazine. For instance, as the magazine with its Vadvance la folded downupon' it passes between the bite of the rolls 4 and 7", it passesdirectly into the yielding guideway or abutment 10,, in which positionthe lower wall of the said gideway or abutment covers practically all ofthe upper surface of the rol-ler 5 so that it is impossible forthe'wrapper to contact with it, which contact would result. in the saidwrap er be` ing stripped from the magazine. s the magazine with itswrapper passes onward into the guideway, it contacts with the abutmentblock l0", forcing the guideway around until itstrikes the stop 20. Atthis time, the magazine is forced downwardlyy at its` central portioninto the bite of the rolls 7 and 5 by the combined action of thc rolls 47' 5 and the yielding guideway. The yielding guideways with theirabutment are loosely mounted on the shafts 22, 23 of the folding rolls.The same action respecting the shielding of the wrapper from tie rollertakes place in e ding guide or abut- "C till connection with the roller6 and the yielding guideway 11.

As before stated, the paste roll 15 is lo; cated in the pathway of theoncoming magazine so as to engage the ex osed surface of the wrappedmagazine an apply paste to the wrapper. The particular position of theroller 1.1' in respect to the curved guideway regulates the extent ofthe pasted portion of the magazine. As soon as the magazine con tactswith the abutment in the yielding guideway 11', said guideway isretracted against the action of its spring 11" by the feeding action ofthe magazine. The paste is applied di ring the movement necessary toaccomplish tie folding and wrapping and thus no separate pastingmovement is needed, the paste being applied while the movementsnecessary for folding are takinar lace. As the guideway advances vtowarits stop 21 the pasted portion of the magazine is lifted from the pasteroll 15 and receives no more paste until just as it is leaving theguideway. The asted magazine ha ring at this time its flap in the biteof the rolls and 5 passes into the yielding guideway 19 and as it passesthrough the bite of the rollst, 7 this guideway', which is without astop yields until the rear edge of the magazine leaves the bite of rolls(7,7 when it is immediately tucked u into thev flap as it asses into thebite of rolls 7 and 35. As before stated, the yielding guideways aremounted loosely upon shafts 22, 23 and also u on the shaft 24. The roll4 iscut away a out an inch down to the shaft at a sultcient distancefrom each end to sup ort the magazine being acted u on during tiefolding operation. The fo ding rolls 5' and 7 have bearing surfaces onlynear one end. The yielding abutments all occupy the saine relativeposition on their respective rollen` shafts so that the unpasted foldingmechanisinacting upon it so as to avoid the distribution of paste uponthe various parts. Frein between the rolls`7 and Q5 the magazine passesto the grip of tapes Q6 and 2 and between r' lls Q8 and 29, thence theforward edge of tl` magazine runs up between the rollers 29 and 31 overthe latter of which the tape passes. The center of the shaft carryingrthe roller 31 is slightly above that of the roller Q9 and as a result ofthis the magazine is directed backward upon a support 3l* which ismounted on the shaft of the roller 29, the said supportprojecting enoughabore the ta es so that `when the magazine has passed rom the bite ofrolls 29 and 31 it drops upon the supp'irt and is then conveyed by thetapes in the direction ofthe arrow.

I claim:

1. In combination in a magazine wrapping machine, ro'ers tojold themagazine ortion of theV magazine will register with t ie parts of the land its wJ'a er and abutmen s c eratin with the folding rollers to perorigie fol ing, and paste applyingmeans arranged ndjacent one of saidabutments, and i n fixed relation to the ppth of the magazine themagazine being rought against the paste by its movement through therollers substantially as described# L 2. In combination in a magazinewrap-` ping machine, rollers to fold the magazine and its wrapper, andpasting means arranged in fined relation to the path of the magazinewhile it is being passedthrough the said I'olding rollers, the magazinebeing brought against the paste by its movement. through the rollerssubstantially as described.

3. ln combination in a machine of the class described, rollers to foldthe magazine and its wrapper, a yielding abutment, and pasting meansarranged in fixed relation thereto to apply paste to the Wra pedmagazine while' being acted upon by t ie yielding abutment and therollers in folding the magazine, substantially as described.

4. In combination with the rollers, the tapes, the rolls 29 and 31 andthe su porti 31* whereby the magazine is rei'erse and fed onward, sailssupport receiving the magazine in reve e position from between the rolls29 and ,31 substantially as described.

5. In combination, a paliof rolls, mealiis for feeding the magazines inan upward direction between them and a support onto which the magazinefalls laterally by gravity after passing upwardly between said rolls t0-be fed onward substantially at riUht angles to its rising movement byone o? the said rolls, substantially as described.

6. In combination in a wrappn machine, a group of rollers through whichthe article and the wrapping paper passes and pasting means arrangedinfixed relation to the path traversed by the article to be wrapped andthe wrapping paper, said pasting means constantly presenting its )astecovered surface at a point adjacent the imitof traveling movement of thepackage as it passes through the rolls in one'directiom substantially asdescribed.

7. In combination with rollers, the tapes, the rolls 29 and 31, theshaft of the roller 3l having its center slightly above that of theroller 29 in order to direct the magazine backwardly for reversing it,and a su port tg receive the magazine when reverse the said magazinebeing moved onward by the action of the roll 31, substantially asdescribed.

8. In combination a pair of rolls, means for feedin the ma azine in anupward direction etween tiem, and a support onto which the magazinefalls b gravity after assing u wardly between said rolls to `be :teonward y one 'of the rolls, 'said rolls having a, continuous rotation inone diered surface constantl in position to apply rection. paste to thearticle w en moved thereto. 10 9. In combination with a plurality ofrolls In testmon whereof, I affix my signature between which the maxizines or other artiin presence o two witnesses. 5 cles pass, a pastesupp y roll in the ath of CHARLES OWENS.

the said article and arranged at the mit of Witnesses: travelingmovement of said article in one D. Hl RAINS, direction, said rollpresenting its paste cov- Miu; MILLIGMI`

